Aligning measures horizontally

[benwiggy]

By chance, a friend posted this somewhere else. Eh, wha’cha gonna do…?

[jjm_335]

Any advice on how to get these measures equally spaced?

I see from our conversation above that there’s no way to get Dorico to do this automatically (no matter how much I want that feature!) but how can I do this by dragging handles? If I drag one handle horizontally, it compresses and/or expands all other measures in the system. Is there some place I should start dragging such that I can set one measure before adjusting the next? It feels a little like whack-a-mole here.

[Mark_Johnson]

As you’ve seen it is hopeless to try to achieve linear spacing by manual adjustments.

I recommend you write constant running eighth notes in an additional voice and hide them. (In engrave mode you can find Hide stem and Hide notehead in Properties.)

[FredGUnn]

@Mark_Johnson

I recommend you write constant running eighth notes in an additional voice and hide them

Or whatever the smallest note value used in that system is. In this case, half notes work fine:

[Stephen_Taylor]

You can make the answer key, then Save As and hide notes as necessary; then your spacing will look the same as your answer key.

[jjm_335]

If I were making an answer key, that would be a great idea! But I’ll be grading on the fly, so to speak.

[Derrek]

Will this be printed out for the students?

[jjm_335]

Yes it will.